MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F015.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F015.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 15 hour GFS valid 15Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 39.22,-106.87 Latitude: 39.22 Longitude: -106.87 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEV PRES HGHT TEMP DEWP RH DD WETB DIR SPD THETA THE-V THE-W THE-E W mb m C C % C C deg knt K K K K g/kg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 156 1 950 592 2 900 1051 3 850 1537 4 800 2051 5 750 2598 SFC 710 3061 16.2 -8.0 18 24.2 4.5 212 3 319.1 319.7 291.4 328.8 2.94 7 700 3180 14.9 -10.2 17 25.1 3.4 191 4 319.0 319.5 291.0 327.4 2.51 8 650 3800 9.8 -14.2 17 24.0 -0.2 227 8 320.1 320.5 290.7 326.7 1.97 9 600 4457 3.9 -16.3 21 20.3 -3.8 242 14 320.7 321.0 290.7 326.7 1.78 10 550 5155 -2.0 -19.3 25 17.2 -7.9 244 19 321.7 322.0 290.8 326.9 1.51 11 500 5904 -7.5 -27.4 19 19.9 -12.8 258 26 323.8 324.0 290.7 326.7 0.81 12 450 6714 -13.5 -37.5 11 23.9 -18.0 267 32 326.2 326.3 291.0 327.5 0.34 13 400 7599 -19.4 -43.3 10 23.9 -22.8 276 38 329.8 329.8 291.9 330.6 0.21 14 350 8577 -26.4 -45.2 15 18.9 -28.6 277 44 333.2 333.3 292.8 334.0 0.19 15 300 9672 -35.0 -44.9 36 9.9 -36.0 284 49 336.0 336.1 293.6 336.9 0.23 16 250 10917 -44.3 -47.4 71 3.1 -44.5 279 59 340.2 340.3 294.6 341.1 0.21 17 200 12377 -54.5 -56.1 83 1.5 -54.6 280 69 346.4 346.4 295.9 346.8 0.10 18 150 14179 -63.0 -74.8 19 11.8 -63.1 269 41 361.5 361.5 299.0 361.5 0.01 19 100 16650 -65.2 -83.1 7 18.0 -65.3 183 24 401.8 401.8 305.5 401.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5748.21 m Freezing level: 566.89 mb = 4919.15 m = 16138.74 ft Wetbulb zero: 652.22 mb = 3771.21 m = 12372.58 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 20.34 % Est. max temperature: 18.34 C = 65.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 491.92 mb = 6029.41 m = 19781.27 ft T: -8.46 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.25 C/km ThetaE index: 2.10 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 404.39 mb = 7517.16 m = 24662.29 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.57 C = 78.02 F Cap Strength: 4.82 C Lifted Index: 3.29 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.22 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.74 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 8.23 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.06 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6048.62 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.58 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 457.65 mb = 6584.49 m = 21602.39 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 266.2 at 26.6 knts Storm direction: 296.2 at 19.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 126.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 126.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 42.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.93 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 4.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.10 Bulk Shear: 80.25 m/s